Los Cabos Municipality

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Los Cabos
Coat of airms o Los Cabos
Coat airms
Location of Los Cabos on Baja California Sur's tip.
Location of Los Cabos on Baja California Sur's tip.
KintraMexico
StateBaja California Sur
Municipal seatSan José del Cabo
Lairgest ceetySan José del Cabo
Population
 (2010)
 • Total238,487
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
El arco in Los Cabos.

Los Cabos is a municipality locatit at the soothren tip o Mexico's Baja California Peninsulae, in the state o Baja California Sur. It encompasses the touns o Cabo San Lucas an San José del Cabo (the municipal seat), as well as the Resort Corridor that lees atween the twa. The aurie's economy, like mony resort auries in Mexico, wis based on fishing but is nou geared towards tourism, though sport fishin an gowf are the aurie's main attractions. An aw the tourist can enjoy watchin whales who come tae visit this aurie tae spend the winter in the wairm watters.

The municipality haed a population o 238,487 inhabitants accordin tae the 2010 census. It haes an aurie o 3,451.51 square kilometre (1,332.64 sq mi).

The annual average temperatur is 78 °F (26 °C). Frae October tae Aprile the temperatur is atween 78 °F (26 °C) an 82 °F (28 °C) durin the day an atween 57 °F (14 °C) an 62 °F (17 °C) at nicht. The rest o the year temperaturs mey go ower 100 °F (38 °C) durin the day an atween 70 °F (21 °C) an 85 °F (29 °C) at nicht. Los Cabos is said tae hae ower 300–350 sunny days per year, wi a rainfaw rate of less nor 10 inches (25 cm), which maistly comes durin the hurricane saison frae August tae October.

El Arco, commonly cried "the Arch," is a real reference point in Los Cabos an is anerlie reachable bi boat, UNESCO recently declared the Airch a Warld Heritage Steid. Juist sooth o the Airch is Land's End, a rock that juts ower the watter. This is the last instance o land in Cabo markin the end of Baja California an the beginnin o continuous open watters soothwaird.

On 18 Juin 2012, Los Cabos hostit the G20 summit.

Commonties[eedit | eedit soorce]

The lairgest localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:[1]

Name 2010 Census Population
San José del Cabo 69,788
Cabo San Lucas 68,463
Colonia del Sol 48,032
Las Palmas 11,562
Las Veredas 10,478
San José Viejo 7,222
La Ribera 2,050
San Bernabé 1,794
La Playa 1,417
Miraflores 1,384
Total Municipality 238,487

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "2010 census tables: INEGI". Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 Juin 2012.

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